Today Ethan Berkowitz, candidate for Congress, called on Gov. Sarah Palin to hold companies responsible for their corporate record when assessing gasline bids. He cited particular concern with the bid from Sinopec ZPEB. The Chinese company’s partnership with the Sudanese Government — widely held responsible for the extensive human rights violations occurring in Darfur — raises profound questions about their moral qualifications to develop Alaska’s gas.

You know, America’s greatest generation had its rendezvous with destiny and Alaska’s greatest generation had a rendezvous with destiny and the challenge for this generation is to keep that promise. And that’s what campaigns are all about, is maintaining the principles of those who came before us with the programs that are going to serve as legacies for our children. And the issues that the people have raised today are going to be issues that we’ve talked about in Juneau, the issues that we have talked about across the state, they are issues that people talk about at their dinner tables all the time.